Isa Genzken
Isa Genzken
Isa Genzken
Schauspieler III, 3, 2015
9 mannequins, mixed media
196 x 275 x 268 cm
Installation view at Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn / AUTVIS, São Paulo. Courtesy Galerie Buchholz
Photo: Axel Schneider
Schauspieler III, 3, 2015
9 mannequins, mixed media
196 x 275 x 268 cm
Installation view at Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn / AUTVIS, São Paulo. Courtesy Galerie Buchholz
Photo: Axel Schneider


Isa Genzken (Bad Oldesloe, 1948. Lives and works in Berlin) develops a practice that spans sculpture, installation, photography, and collage, using a variety of materials and everyday objects. Her work explores architecture, urban space, visual culture, and the circulation of images in contemporary society. She studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Genzken has held solo exhibitions at institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art (New York), Kunstmuseum Basel (Basel), and Neue Nationalgalerie (Berlin). She participated in editions of documenta (1982, 1992, 2002) and the Venice Biennale (1982, 1993, 2003, 2007, and 2015).
This participation is supported by the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen – IFA.